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Laurie Comstock to Bacterial Capsules

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Laurie Comstock has written about Bacterial Capsules.
Connection Strength

3.289
  1. A family of transcriptional antitermination factors necessary for synthesis of the capsular polysaccharides of Bacteroides fragilis. J Bacteriol. 2009 Dec; 191(23):7288-95.
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    Score: 0.356
  2. Expression of a uniquely regulated extracellular polysaccharide confers a large-capsule phenotype to Bacteroides fragilis. J Bacteriol. 2008 Feb; 190(3):1020-6.
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    Score: 0.313
  3. Bacteroides fragilis synthesizes a DNA invertase affecting both a local and a distant region. J Bacteriol. 2007 Mar; 189(5):2119-24.
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    Score: 0.294
  4. Bacterial glycans: key mediators of diverse host immune responses. Cell. 2006 Sep 08; 126(5):847-50.
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    Score: 0.288
  5. Human symbionts use a host-like pathway for surface fucosylation. Science. 2005 Mar 18; 307(5716):1778-81.
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    Score: 0.260
  6. Mpi recombinase globally modulates the surface architecture of a human commensal bacterium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Sep 02; 100(18):10446-51.
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    Score: 0.233
  7. Polysaccharide biosynthesis locus required for virulence of Bacteroides fragilis. Infect Immun. 2001 Jul; 69(7):4342-50.
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    Score: 0.201
  8. Bacteroides fragilis NCTC9343 produces at least three distinct capsular polysaccharides: cloning, characterization, and reassignment of polysaccharide B and C biosynthesis loci. Infect Immun. 2000 Nov; 68(11):6176-81.
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    Score: 0.192
  9. Genetic diversity of the capsular polysaccharide C biosynthesis region of Bacteroides fragilis. Infect Immun. 2000 Nov; 68(11):6182-8.
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    Score: 0.192
  10. Interstrain variation of the polysaccharide B biosynthesis locus of Bacteroides fragilis: characterization of the region from strain 638R. J Bacteriol. 1999 Oct; 181(19):6192-6.
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    Score: 0.178
  11. Analysis of a capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis locus of Bacteroides fragilis. Infect Immun. 1999 Jul; 67(7):3525-32.
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    Score: 0.175
  12. Cloning and sequence of a region encoding a surface polysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O139 and characterization of the insertion site in the chromosome of Vibrio cholerae O1. Mol Microbiol. 1996 Feb; 19(4):815-26.
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    Score: 0.138
  13. The capsule and O antigen in Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal are associated with a genetic region not present in Vibrio cholerae O1. Infect Immun. 1995 Jan; 63(1):317-23.
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    Score: 0.128
  14. Trans locus inhibitors limit concomitant polysaccharide synthesis in the human gut symbiont Bacteroides fragilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 29; 107(26):11976-80.
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    Score: 0.094
  15. Role of glycan synthesis in colonization of the mammalian gut by the bacterial symbiont Bacteroides fragilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 02; 105(35):13099-104.
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    Score: 0.082
  16. Tyrosine site-specific recombinases mediate DNA inversions affecting the expression of outer surface proteins of Bacteroides fragilis. Mol Microbiol. 2004 Sep; 53(5):1319-30.
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    Score: 0.063
  17. Extensive surface diversity of a commensal microorganism by multiple DNA inversions. Nature. 2001 Nov 29; 414(6863):555-8.
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    Score: 0.052
  18. Immunochemical and biological characterization of three capsular polysaccharides from a single Bacteroides fragilis strain. Infect Immun. 2001 Apr; 69(4):2339-44.
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    Score: 0.049
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